1849 Connecticut gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1849 Connecticut gubernatorial election Connecticut Presidential no 1848 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1848 1850 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1850 April 2, 1849 Joseph Trumbull Connecticut Governor (3x4a).jpg Joseph Trumbull Whig Party (United States) 27,800 49.35% 122 ThomasHartSeymour (3x4b).jpg Thomas H. Seymour Democratic Party (United States) 25,018 44.41% 110 JohnMiltonNiles (3x4a).jpg John M. Niles Free Soil Party (United States) 3,520 6.25% 220px County results 220px Municipality results Trumbull: #FEF4B4 30–40% #FEE391 40–50% #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% #EC7014 70–80%Seymour: #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80%Tie: #D2B1D9 40–50% Governor Clark Bissell Whig Party (United States) Joseph Trumbull Whig Party (United States) The 1849 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1849. April 2, 1849 Political Intelligence https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1849-04-02/ed-1/seq-2/ The New York herald New York, N.Y. 2 1 May 2022 Former congressman and Whig nominee Joseph Trumbull defeated former congressman and Democratic nominee Thomas H. Seymour as well as former Senator and Free Soil nominee John M. Niles with 49.35% of the vote. Niles had previously been the Democratic nominee for this same office in 1840. Trumbull won a plurality of the vote, but fell short of a majority. As a result, the Connecticut General Assembly elected the governor, per the state constitution. Trumbull won the vote over Seymour 122 to 110 in the General Assembly, and became the governor."Gov. Joseph Trumbull", National Governors Association, retrieved 09-15-2020 This was the first of six consecutive elections in which the Free Soil Party participated. General election Candidates Major party candidates Joseph Trumbull, Whig Thomas H. Seymour, Democratic Minor party candidates John M. Niles, Free Soil Results 1849 Connecticut gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=215877 Our Campaigns 2020-09-15 Whig Party (United States) Joseph Trumbull 27,800 49.35% Democratic Party (United States) Thomas H. Seymour 25,018 44.41% Free Soil Party (United States) John M. Niles 3,520 6.25% 2,782 1849 Connecticut gubernatorial election, contingent General Assembly election Whig Party (United States) Joseph Trumbull 122 52.59% Democratic Party (United States) Thomas H. Seymour 110 47.41% 12 Whig Party (United States) Whig Party (United States) References 1849 Connecticut Gubernatorial Category:April 1849